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UV KNIGHT RESIDENCE (FORMER)

Other Names

House, group , Mortlake (41 Jeffrey St) , Former UV Knight Residence (26 Ogilvy St)

Location

26 OGILVY STREET, LEONGATHA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

Rec for HO area contributory

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UV Knight Residence (2020)
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UV Knight Residence (2000)
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House, 45-47 Roughead St
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House, 110-112 McCartin St
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Former UV Knight’s House, 26
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Mortlake, 41 Jeffrey St

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former UV Knight residence and front fence, designed and constructed by J.L. Rowden in 1936, at 26 Ogilvy Street, Leongatha.

How is it significant?
The former UV Knight residence and front fence at 26 Ogilvy Street, Leongatha is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the town of Leongatha.

Why is it significant?
Historically, it is significant as the residence of the locally prominent businessman, UV Knight. (Criterion H)

Aesthetically, it is a fine and well-detailed example of an Interwar Mediterranean villa, which is distinguished by the return verandah, which takes the form of a loggia comprising arches carried on short paired Tuscan columns standing on tall rendered pedestals. Other features of note include the elegant low pitch hipped roof, which has a lower pitch over the verandah and the original front fence, which complements the house and enhances its setting. The significance of the place is enhanced by its high degree of intactness.(Criterion E)

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